Opinion
Case Number 10-13529
08-02-2012
STEPHANALE ADAMS, Plaintiff, v. DENNIS HOWE, SCOTT BICKEL, and TERRI JOHNSON-WISE, Defendants.
Honorable David M. Lawson
Magistrate Judge Laurie J. Michelson
ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS TO
MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S DISCOVERY ORDER
Plaintiff Stephanale Adams is an inmate in the custody of the Michigan Department of corrections who has filed a complaint pro se alleging various violations of her civil rights. The Court referred the case to Magistrate judge Laurie J. Michelson for pretrial management. On July 9, 2012, Judge Michelson entered an order on various discovery motions [dkt. # 58], to which the plaintiff objected.
The district court reviews an order by a magistrate judge on a non-dispositive matter to determine whether the decision is "clearly erroneous." United States v. Curtis, 237 F.3d 598, 603 (6th Cir. 2001). A decision is "clearly erroneous" if "although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." United States v. United States Gypsum Co., 333 U.S. 364, 395 (1948). Where there are two plausible views, a decision cannot be "clearly erroneous." Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, North Carolina, 470 U.S. 564, 574 (1985).
The Court has reviewed the motion papers and the magistrate judge's order and finds that the decision falls within the range of principled outcomes allowed b y the facts and the applicable law.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the plaintiff's objections [dkt . #59] are OVERRULED.
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DAVID M. LAWSON
United States District Judge
PROOF OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing order was served upon each attorney or party of record herein by electronic means or first class U.S. mail on August 2, 2012.
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DEBORAH R. TOFIL